Global Banking, Control Specialist

Northern Trust • Jersey City, NJ

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

About Northern Trust: Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889. Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world’s most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world’s most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service. Job Summary: As a Control Specialist, you will help strengthen the Global Banking control environment through independent risk oversight, audit support, and hands on remediation. The successful candidate will partner closely with senior leadership, along with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams, to provide confidence in the control framework and support alignment with enterprise and regulatory standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
• 7+ years of experience in financial services with a focus on internal controls, operational risk, audit, regulatory compliance, or risk management
• Hands on experience with risk and control assessments, RCSA, control testing, issue identification, and remediation management
• Strong knowledge of control frameworks, control design, risk identification, issue tracking, and sustainable issue remediation
• Experience supporting internal audits, regulatory examinations, and ongoing assurance activities, with regular interaction with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Audit
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain risk and control topics to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong analytical and technical skills with experience in process improvement, automation, and data analysis; advanced Excel skills preferred

Responsibilities

• Partner with control leadership to strengthen and maintain the Global Banking control framework, supporting operational risk management, risk governance, and regulatory compliance
• Conduct process level risk and control assessments across Global Banking operations, evaluating control design and operating effectiveness in client facing environments
• Perform risk based control testing and control assurance activities to identify control gaps, emerging risks, and areas of heightened exposure, with clear reporting to management
• Deliver practical remediation recommendations and collaborate with business partners to address control deficiencies and strengthen preventive and detective controls
• Support thematic control reviews to provide assurance over internal controls, operational processes, and client servicing activities
• Maintain accurate and current policies, procedures, and control documentation aligned with enterprise and regulatory expectations
• Communicate audit, risk, and control outcomes through clear written reporting and senior level discussions
• Support enterprise control initiatives and audit remediation, including issue tracking, action plan execution, and timely closure

Benefits

• Northern Trust provides a comprehensive benefits package including retirement benefits (401k and pension), health and welfare benefits (medical, dental, vision, spending accounts and disability), paid time off, parental and caregiver leave, life & accident insurance, and other voluntary and well-being benefits.
• Northern Trust also provides a discretionary bonus program that may include an equity component.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees